And… we’re back. Little internet gremlins saw fit to take Pinkbike offline, but we found the gremlins, we killed the gremlins, and we’re back to regularly scheduled programming.
Serious Jake: I’m sorry for a very long outage. We weren’t in the middle of any major changes or adding new features. I’m embarrassed, because you came to Pinkbike for hot (ish) takes and MTB community, and got an error page instead. Despite Levy’s fetish for made-up-words and Henry's comma abuse you’ve stood by us, and today we didn’t deliver.
What actually happened: An intern at our domain registrar went on a wee power trip and took us off the internet without warning or recourse. Now we know, and it won’t happen again.
What this means for Pinkbike users: Hundreds of thousands of people around the world suffered the indignity of actually having to do the thing they’re paid to do during normal business hours. I’m sorry. Cable routing arguments may now resume.
What we’re going to do about it: We’re going to dump the registrar for a younger, less terrible service with better support, because communication is actually what matters in a relationship.
Thank you,
Jake Moritz, Pinkbike Product Manager
Shockingly both pilot and passenger survived with little to no injury. They had to spend 8hrs waiting to get extracted from the plane. Seems like the pilot forgot to get the proper barometer reading prior to descending to min-altitude (500’agl) it’s was pretty overcast, and he (luckiest man alive that should be dead) managed to hit the high tension tower but somehow not contact any of the power lines. Those line are upwards of 380kV. Amazing.
"The CEO acknowledged Outside spent "too freely" on ambitious growth projects."
Mail on Sunday?
I think this deserves more explanation. Some crazy intern took it down intentionally? Or someone who went wee on a power strip?
Updated Date: 2022-11-29T05:08:55Z
Creation Date: 2000-02-02T01:38:39Z
Looks like name.com has been the registrar for pinkbike from 2000 to 2022 but may not make it into 2023. So basically it lived as long as the cableless threaded headset.
@mikelevy is behind all this.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name.com
I was generally concerned when I couldn't get onto pinkbike haha.
Here is that "jackass"
www.joe-wilk.com
Just one typical end-user's observation.
job done
#DerailleurCabal
While you're at it, don't use GoDaddy either.
('S' Represents "Sorry", In This Statement...)
Why? (there should always be a 'why' - anybody who doesn't provide a 'why' is most likely bullshitting you... >.>
EXPLAIN: How, does saying 'S' mend what has happened? How does it repair a car? How does it cure an STD? How does it grow back a limb? How does it bring back a life? IT DOES NOT - So what's the point? What? You want to convey YOUR Sorrow?
(for those who aren't abusing the word - not using it based on it's true meaning - as soo many people do...)
FACT: Most People say 'S' because they were taught to - NOT BECAUSE THEY MEAN OR FEEL IT - so again, what's the point?
(GENUINE, PRACTICAL people are more favourable than mere POLITE ones...)
INSTEAD, of 'Acknowledging, that something bad(etc)was done, or has happened' then saying you're 'S' simply because you were taught this, HOW ABOUT(LEARNING FROM THE EXPERIENCE OR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES, BEING PRACTICAL & 'ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING BAD(ETC), & REFRAINING FROM IT' THE NEXT TIME A SIMILAR SITUATION ARISES? Wouldn't that be GREAT? Nothing bad(etc)would happen, No One Will Be Hurt, Offended etc, & You Won't Have To Be Speaking Useless Words Afterwards...
(THIS......PRACTICAL ATTITUDE......IS WHAT OUR WORLD NEEDS...)
INSTEAD of apologising......AVOID DOING WHAT CAUSED THE NEGATIVE SITUATION &\OR DO SOMETHING To Help Mend The Situation(or Just Say Nothing)... -_-
BESIDES what kind of person - when in a negative situation - would genuinely insist that another to feel bad & communicate it anyway? Like Straight Out Want You To FEEL BAD... Certainly, Not, Me(I Am NOT That Kind Of Person, & DO NOT Respect Those Who Are), hence again, 'S' Is Not Necessary - And - Does - NOT - Help - Anything\Anyone...
THERE IS NO 'MAGIC WORD', WHICH WHEN SPOKEN, FIXES\CURES\RECTIFIES A BAD OCCURRENCE\SITUATION......HENCE......I MUST REITERATE......NO APOLOGIES... -_-
#BETTERourWORLD
Fixed that for ya. Yeesh.
Sir, this is a bike website.
Let me introduce you to "shithey" [shid-hay] in nonchalant monotone.
Aussies will understand.